National Geographic Books

Photographer Joel Sartore’s lifelong project to make portraits of the world’s endangered species conveys a powerful message: To know these animals is to save them. With a foreword by acting legend Harrison Ford, this special Earth Day edition of this book is sure to inspire wonder and joy in your home.

National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore and bestselling poet and author Kwame Alexander team up to create a special kids Earth Day edition of the Photo Ark book project, documenting and celebrating endangered species all over the world.

From the team that created the Ultimate Weird but True books, 5,000 Awesome Facts (About Everything) Volume 3 treats kids to brain candy and eye candy all rolled into one treasure trove with even more high-interest fascinating facts.

The Science of Everything takes readers on a fascinating tour, using plain talk, colorful photography, instructive diagrams, and everyday examples to explain the science behind all the things we take for granted in our modern world.

In this sequel to the best-selling 50 States, 5,000 ideas, National Geographic turns to the most pristine and adventure-filled national, state, and city parks of the United States and Canada, with 5,000 ideas for the ultimate vacation.

With our Pocket Guide to the Birds of North America in your hand, this fun, affordable, beautifully illustrated introduction to birding is like taking a walk with National Geographic's birding experts. Of this book's 192 pages, 160 are devoted to North America's top species, one per page, from the lowly House Wren to the majestic Bald Eagle.

Perfect for tour planning and on-the-ground use, and packed with color photographs and detailed maps, National Geographic's The Civil War: A Traveler's Guide will prove indispensable on any expedition to explore Civil War history in America.

We all gaze at the night sky in wonder and this guidebook, the ninth in the National Geographic Pocket Guide series, provides a go-to reference for everything filling the dark canvas above us.

The Blue Zones, Second Edition is completely updated and expands National Geographic explorer Dan Buettner's bestselling classic on longevity, drawing on his research from extraordinarily long-lived communities – Blue Zones – around the globe.

This timely National Geographic The 10 Best of Everything National Parks idea-filled guide covers ''classic'' parks, national historical parks, national monuments, national battlefields, national scenic trails, and beyond.

The first in National Geographic's 365-photo-a-day line of inspirational books, Daily Joy unites inspiring words of joy with lovely National Geographic images of the world – a perfect gift to keep on your bedside table to read just before bed or first thing in the morning.

In 2013, National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Lee Berger made the discovery of a lifetime: hundreds of prehistoric bones, including entire skeletons of at least 15 individuals, all perhaps two million years old. Almost Human is the first-person narrative of an archaeological discovery that is rewriting the story of human evolution.